Boasting, bragging; an instance of this, a boast, brag, vaunt. Chiefly with make. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > a boast (24) roosec1175 Boasting, bragging; an instance of this, a boast, brag, vaunt. Chiefly with make. Obsolete. avauntc1380 A boast, vaunt; boasting, vain-glory. advancement?a1400 The action of extolling or lauding something; (also) a boast, a vaunt. Obsolete. vauntise1477 A vaunt or boast. vousta1500 A boast, a brag, a vaunt. puff1567 An empty or idle boast; bombast, inflation of style, ‘hot air’; vanity, pride; showy adornment. Cf. huff and puff at huff, n. 1. Now rare or… rodomontade1591 A vainglorious brag or boast; an extravagantly boastful, arrogant, or bombastic speech or piece of writing; †an arrogant act (obsolete). flourish1592 A boast, brag. Obsolete. rodomontado1598 A boast, a brag; = rodomontade, n. 1a. Also: boasting, bragging; = rodomontade, n. 1b. vauntc1600 A boasting assertion, speech, or statement; a boast or brag. vauntery1603 A boast, a vaunt. Obsolete. vapour1631 A fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast. Now rare. fanfaronade1652 Boisterous or arrogant language, boastful assertion, brag; ostentation; an instance of this. gasconado1658 = gasconade, n. blow1684 figurative. A boast; vaunting, boastfulness. gab1737 An idle boast; a show of bravado; spec. (frequently with reference to Charlemagne and his knights) an extravagant vow or boast, usually made before… vaunting1793 An instance of this; a boast. windy1933 A tall story; a piece of boasting or exaggeration. line-shoot1941 to shoot a line (cf. shoot, v. 23g), to ‘put on an act’, to talk pretentiously, to boast. So line-shoot vb. (line-shooting adj. and n.) and n., line-s… Subcategories:— boast in return (1) — boastful promise (1) — boastful talk (2) — record of boasts (1) |
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